Glaciological and geological implications of basal-ice accretion in overdeepenings

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 337, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-9

  Alley, Richard B ^a   Strasser, J C ^b   Lawson, D E ^c   Evenson, E B ^d   Larson, G J ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUPERCOOLING;

BASAL ICE; GLACIAL EROSION; ICE GROWTH; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SUBGLACIAL WATERS; SURFACE SLOPE; WATER CHANNELS;

ICE;

ACCRETION; BASAL ICE; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE; SUPERCOOLING; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84870889666     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2337-X.1     Document Type: Article

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